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Beyond Today Magazine
by Beyond Today Editor
Have you ever considered what a strange holiday Easter is? People pretend that rabbits can lay colorful eggs and then hide them for children to find. Where did such bizarre customs come from? How did they come to be associated with Jesus’...
Beyond Today Magazine
by Scott Ashley
How did so many strange customs come to be associated with the resurrection of Jesus Christ? The answer lies in pagan myths that long preceded His coming to earth!
Good News
by Good News
How did worship of an ancient god and goddess come to be associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Good News
by Good News
How did worship of an ancient god and goddess come to be associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Holidays or Holy Days: Does It Matter Which Days We Observe?
by United Church of God
How did worship of an ancient god and goddess come to be associated with the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ?
Easter: The Rest of the Story
by United Church of God
For millions of professing Christians Easter is the most important day of the calendar year because it commemorates Jesus' resurrection. Easter sunrise services are considered the holiest assembly of the year—a time when Christians...
Holidays or Holy Days: Does It Matter Which Days We Observe?
by United Church of God
Many millions of people believe Jesus Christ rose from the dead on a Sunday morning. But do the Scriptures tell a different story? And how did rabbits and colored eggs come to be associated with Christ’s resurrection?
Good News
by Jerold Aust
Millions assume that Easter, one of the world's major religious holidays, is found in the Bible. But is it? Have you ever looked into Easter's origins and customs and compared them with the Bible?
Easter: The Rest of the Story
by United Church of God
As we have seen, Easter and its customs did not come from the Bible, but from pagan fertility rites. It is a curious mixture of ancient mythological practices and arbitrary dating that obscures and discredits the proof of Jesus Christ's...
World News and Prophecy
by John Ross Schroeder
History sheds light on the early stages of Jesus Christ’s prophecy of religious deception.
Good News
by Steve Myers
Soon up to 2 billion people will celebrate one of the world’s most popular religious holidays—Easter. But curiously, the Bible nowhere promotes such an observance. Where did this day come from? How did it become so popular? And is it even...
Beyond Today
by George Carter
Usually, we move through life existing within a calendar we take for granted, but have you ever wondered about the origin of the names and structure of our calendar months?

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